Stephen Wooding, Ph.D.
University of California Merced
Selected Publications
Wooding, S., Gunn, H., Ramos, P., Thalmann, S., Xing, C., Meyerhof, W. 2010. Genetics and bitter taste responses to goitrin, a plant toxin found in vegetables. Chemical Senses 35:685-692. [REPRINT]
Roudnitzky, N., Risso, D., Drayna, D., Behrens, M., Meyerhof, W., Wooding, S. 2016. Copy-number variation in TAS2R bitter taste receptor genes: Structure, origin, and population genetics. Chemical Senses 41:649-659. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P. 2011. Signatures of natural selection in a primate bitter taste receptor. Journal of Molecular Evolution 73:257-265. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Bufe, B., Grassi, C., Howard, M.T., Stone, A.C., Vazquez, M., Dunn, D.M., Meyerhof, W., Weiss, R.B., Bamshad, M.J. 2006. Independent evolution of bitter-taste sensitivity in humans and chimpanzees. Nature 440:930-934. [REPRINT]
All Publications
Wooding, S.P. 2024. How ancient Amazonians transformed a toxic crop into a diet staple. The Washington Post May 7, 2024. [REPRINT]
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Wooding, S.P., Peña, C.R. 2024. Cassava: the perilous past and promising future of a toxic but nourishing crop. The Conversation May 5 2023. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P., Peña, C.R. 2023. Genetic diversity of yuca (Manihot esculenta esculenta; cassava, manioc), an indigenous crop in the Peruvian Amazon. Diversity 2023:15:1158. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P. 2023. STUSC: selection tests under size change. bioRxiv 2023:539872. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P., Payahua, C.N. 2022. Ethnobotanical diversity of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in the Peruvian Amazon. Diversity 2022:14:252. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P., Ramirez, V.A. 2022. Global population genetics and diversity in the TAS2R bitter taste receptor family. Frontiers in Genetics 2022. [REPRINT]
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Wooding, S.P. 2022. A taste for sweet - an anthropologist explains the evolutionary origins of why you're programmed to love sugar. The Conversation January 2022. [REPRINT]
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Ramirez, V.A., Wooding, S.P. 2021. Worldwide diversity, association potential, and natural selection in the superimposed taste genes, CD36 and GNAT3. Chemical Senses 47:1--12. [REPRINT]
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Wooding, S.P., Ramirez, V.A., Behrens, M. 2021. Bitter taste receptors: Genes, evolution, and health. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health 2021:431-447. [REPRINT]
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Rogers, A.R., Wooding, S. 2021. Expectation of the site frequency spectrum. aRxiv 2103.00335 [REPRINT]
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Wooding, S.P., Ramirez, V.A. 2020. Taste Genetics. In: Fritzsch, B. (Ed.) and Meyerhof, W. (Volume Editor), The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference, vol. 3. Elsevier, Academic Press, pp. 264-279. [REPRINT]
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Kozlitina, J., Risso, D., Lansu, K., Olsen, R.H.J, Sainz, E., Luiselli, D., Barik, A., Frigerio-Domingues, C., Pagani, L., Wooding, S., Kirchner, T., Niaura, R., Roth, B., Drayna, D. 2019. An African-specific haplotype in MRGPRX4 is associated with menthol cigarette smoking. PLoS Genetics e1007916. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2018. Bitter fruit: inverse associations between PTC and Antidesma bunius perception. Chemical Senses 43:447-450. [REPRINT]
Vera, L.A., Wooding, S. 2017. Taste: links in the chain from tongue to brain. Frontiers for Young Minds doi:10.3389/frym.2017.00033. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2017. Harpending, Henry. The International Encyclopedia of Biological Anthropology. Eds. Travathan, W. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Risso, D.S., Kozlitina, J., Sainz, E., Gutierrez, J., Wooding, S., Getachew, B., Luiselli, D., Berg, C.J., Drayna, D. 2016. Genetic variation in the TAS2R38 bitter taste receptor and smoking behaviors. PLoS One 11(10):e0164157. [REPRINT]
Roudnitzky, N., Risso, D., Drayna, D., Behrens, M., Meyerhof, W., Wooding, S. 2016. Copy-number variation in TAS2R bitter taste receptor genes: Structure, origin, and population genetics. Chemical Senses 41:649-659. [REPRINT]
Risso, D.S., Mezzavilla, M, Pagani, L, Robino, A., Morini, G., Tofanelli, S., Carrai, M., Campa, D., Barale, R., Caradonna, F., Gasparini, P., Luiselli, D., Wooding, S., Drayna, D. 2016. Global diversity in the TAS2R38 bitter taste receptor: Revisiting a classic evolutionary PROPosal. Scientific Reports 6. [REPRINT]
Roudnitzky, N., Behrens, M., Engel, A., Kohl, S., Thalmann, S., Hubner, S., Lossow, K., Wooding, S.P., Meyerhof, W. 2015. Receptor polymorphism and genomic structure interact to shape bitter taste perception. PLoS Genetics DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005530 [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2013. Olfaction: It makes a world of scents. Current Biology 23:R677-R679. [REPRINT]
Behrens, M., Gunn, H., Ramos, P., Meyerhof, W., Wooding, S. 2013. Genetic, functional, and phenotypic diversity in TAS2R38-mediated bitter taste perception. Chemical Senses 38:475-484. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P., Atanasova, S., Gunn, H.C., Staneva, R., Dimova, I., Toncheva, D. 2012. Association of a bitter taste receptor mutation with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN). BioMed Central Medical Genetics 13(96)2-7. [REPRINT]
Xing, G., Lin, C., Wooding, S., Xing, C. 2012. Blindly using Wald's test can miss rare disease-causal variants in case-control association studies. Annals of Human Genetics 76:168-177. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P. 2011. Signatures of natural selection in a primate bitter taste receptor. Journal of Molecular Evolution 73:257-265. [REPRINT]
Roudnitzky, N., Bufe, B., Thalmann, S., Kuhn, C., Gunn, H.C., Xing, C., Crider, B.P., Behrens, M., Meyerhof, W., Wooding, S.P. 2011. Genomic, genetic, and functional dissection of bitter taste responses to artificial sweeteners. Human Molecular Genetics 10:3437-3449. [REPRINT]
Bray, S.M., Mulle, J.G., Dodd, A.F., Pulver, A.E., Wooding, S., Warren, S.T. 2010. Signatures of founder effect, admixture, and selection in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107:16222-16227. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Gunn, H., Ramos, P., Thalmann, S., Xing, C., Meyerhof, W. 2010. Genetics and bitter taste responses to goitrin, a plant toxin found in vegetables. Chemical Senses 35:685-692. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2008. Book Review: Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA. The Quarterly Review of Biology 83:396-397. [REPRINT]
Witherspoon, D.J., Wooding, S., Rogers, A.R., Marchani, E.E., Watkins, W.S., Batzer, M.A., Jorde, L.B. 2007. Genetic similarities within and between human populations. Genetics 176:351-359. [REPRINT]
Rogers, A.R., Wooding, S., Huff, C.D., Batzer, M.A., Jorde, L.B. 2007. Ancestral alleles and population origins: inferences depend on mutation rate. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24:990-997. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P. 2007. Following the herd. Nature Genetics 39:7-8. [REPRINT]
Witherspoon, D.J., Marchani, E.E., Watkins, W.S., Ostler, C.T., , Wooding, S.P., Anders, B.A., Fowlkes, J.D., Boissinot, S., Furano, A.V., Ray, D.A., Rogers, A.R., Batzer, M.A., Jorde, L.B. 2006. Human population genetic structure and diversity inferred from polymorphic L1 (LINE-1) and Alu insertions. Human Heredity 62:30-46. [REPRINT]
Kim, U.-k., Wooding, S., Riaz, N., Jorde, L.B., Drayna, D. 2006. Variation in the human TAS1R taste receptor genes. Chemical Senses 31:599-611. [REPRINT]
Christensen, G.L., Wooding, S.P., Ivanov, I.P., Atkins, J.F., Carrell, D.T. 2006. Sequencing and haplotype analysis of the Activator of CREM in the Testis (ACT) gene in populations of fertile and infertile males. Molecular Human Reproduction 12:257-262. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2006. PTC: A 75-year adventure in genetics and natural selection. Genetics 172:2015-2023. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Bufe, B., Grassi, C., Howard, M.T., Stone, A.C., Vazquez, M., Dunn, D.M., Meyerhof, W., Weiss, R.B., Bamshad, M.J. 2006. Independent evolution of bitter-taste sensitivity in humans and chimpanzees. Nature 440:930-934. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Jorde, L. B. 2006. Duplication and divergence in humans and chimpanzees. BioEssays 28:335-338. [REPRINT]
Christensen, G.L., Ivanov, I.P., Wooding, S.P., Atkins, J.F., Mielnik, A., Schlegel, P.N., Carrell, D.T. 2006. Identification of polymorphisms and balancing selection in the male infertility candidate gene, ornithine decarboxylase antizyme 3. BMC Medical Genetics 7:27. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2005. Evolution: A study in bad taste? Current Biology 15:R805-R807. [REPRINT]
*Kim, U.-k., *Wooding, S., Jorde, L.B., Drayna, D. 2005. Worldwide haplotype diversity and coding sequence variation at human bitter-taste receptor loci. Human Mutation 26:199-204. (*co-first authorship) [REPRINT]
Nakajima, T., Wooding, S., Satta, Y., Jinnai, N., Goto, S., Hayasaka, I., Saitou, N., Guan-Jun, J., Tokunaga, K., Jorde, L. B., Emi, M., Inoue, I. 2005. Evidence for natural selection in the HAVCR1 gene: high degree of amino-acid variability in the mucin domain of human HAVCR1 protein. Genes and Immunity 6:398-406. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Stone, A. C., Dunn, D. M., Jorde, L. B., Weiss, R. K., Ahuja, S., Bamshad, M. J. 2005. Contrasting effects of natural selection on human and chimpanzee CC chemokine receptor 5. American Journal of Human Genetics 76:291-301. [REPRINT]
Harpending, H. H., Wooding, S. 2004. Obituary: Richard Hugh Ward. Human Biology 75:1-2. [REPRINT]
Jorde, L. B., Wooding, S. 2004. Human genetic variation and "race". Nature Genetics 36:S28-S33. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2004. Natural Selection: Sign, sign, everywhere a sign. Current Biology 14:R700-R701. [REPRINT]
Bamshad, M., Wooding, S., Salisbury, B., Stephens, J. C. 2004. Deconstructing the relationship between genetics and race. Nature Reviews Genetics 5:898-609. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Ostler, C., Prasad, B. V. R., Watkins, W. S., Sung, S., Bamshad, M., Jorde, L. B. 2004. Directional migration in the Hindu Castes: Inferences from mitochondrial, autosomal and Y-chromosomal data. Human Genetics 115:221-229. [REPRINT]
Sakagami, T., Witherspoon, D. J., Nakajima, T., Jinnai, N., Wooding, S., Jorde, L. B., Hasegawa, T., Suzuki, E., Gejyo, F., Inoue, I. 2004. Local adaptation and differentiation at the interleukin 13 and interleukin 14 loci. Genes and Immunity 5:389-397. [REPRINT]
Nakajima, T., Wooding, S., Sakagami, T., Emi, M., Tokunaga, K., Tamiya, G., Ishigami, T., Umemura, S., Munkhbat, B., Jin, F., Guanjun, J., Hayasaka, I., Ishida, T., Saito, N., Pavelka, K., Lalouel, J.-M., Jorde, L. B., Inoue, I. 2004. Natural selection and population history in the human angiotensinogen gene (AGT): 736 complete AGT sequences in worldwide chromosomes. American Journal of Human Genetics 74:.898-916. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2004. Book review: Inferring Phylogenies by Joseph Felsenstein. American Journal of Human Genetics 74:1074. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Kim, U.-k., Bamshad, M. J., Larsen, J., Jorde, L. B., Drayna, D. 2004. Natural selection and molecular evolution in PTC, a bitter taste receptor gene. American Journal of Human Genetics 74:637-646. [REPRINT]
Rogers, A. R., Iltis, D., Wooding, S. 2004. Genetic variation at the MC1R locus and the time since loss of human body hair. Current Anthropology 45:105-108. [REPRINT]
Watkins, W. S., Rogers, A. R., Ostler, C. T., Wooding, S., Bamshad, M. J., Brassington, A-M. E., Carroll, M. L., Nguyen, S. V., Walker, J. A., Batzer, M. A., Prasad, B. V. R., Reddy, G., Das, P. K., Jorde, L. B. 2003. Genetic variation among world populations: Inferences from 100 Alu insertion polymorphisms. Genome Research 13:1607-1618. [REPRINT]
Bamshad, M. J., Wooding, S., Watkins, W. S., Ostler, C. T., Batzer, M. A., Jorde, L. B. 2003. Human population genetic structure and inference of group membership. American Journal of Human Genetics 72:578-589. [REPRINT]
Bamshad, M., Wooding, S. 2003. Signatures of natural selection in the human genome. Nature Reviews Genetics 4:99-111. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2003. PopHist: Inferring population history from the frequency spectrum of alleles. BioInformatics 19:539-540. [REPRINT]
Marth, G., Schuler, G., Yeh, R., Davenport, R., Agarwala, R., Church, D., Wheelan, S., Baker, J., Ward, M., Kholodov, M., Phan, L., Czabarka, E., Murvai, J., Clutler, D., Wooding, S., Rogers, A., Chakravarti, A., Harpending, H.C., Kwok, P.-Y., Sherry, S. T. 2002. Sequence variations in the public human genome data reflect a bottlenecked population history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 100:376-381. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Rogers, A. 2002. The matrix coalescent and an application to human single-nucleotide polymorphisms. Genetics 161:1641-1650. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S.P., Watkins, W.S., Bamshad, M.J., Dunn, D.M., Weiss, R.B., Jorde, L. B. 2002. DNA sequence variation in a 3.7Kb noncoding sequence 5' of the CYP1A2 gene: Implications for human population history and natural selection. American Journal of Human Genetics 71:528-542. [REPRINT]
Bamshad, M. J., Mummidi, S., Gonzalez, E., Ahuja, S. S., Dunn, D. M., Watkins, W. S., Wooding, S. P., Stone, A. C., Jorde, L. B., Weiss, R. B., Ahuja, S. K. 2002. A strong signature of balancing selection in the 5' cis-regulatory region of CCR5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99:10539-10544. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2001. Nonstationary population genetics and the evolution of human molecular diversity. Doctoral dissertation. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2001. Do human and JC virus genes show evidence of host-parasite co-demography? Infection, Genetics and Evolution 1:3-12. [REPRINT]
Ding, Y.-C., Wooding, S., Harpending, H. C., Chi, H.-C., Li, H.-P., Fu, Y.-X., Pang, J.-F., Yao, Y.-G., Yu, J.-G. X., Moyzis, R., Zhang, Y.-P. 2000. Population structure and history in East Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 97:14003-14006. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Rogers, A. R. 2000. A Pleistocene population X-plosion? Human Biology 72:693-695. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S. 2000. PRoMT: Inferring demographic history from DNA sequences. BioInformatics 16:298-299. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Ward, R.H. 1997. Phylogeography and Pleistocene evolution in the North American black bear. Molecular Biology and Evolution 14:1096-1105. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Ward, R.H. 1996. Patterns of genetic diversity in a black bear population indicate recent immigration. Ursus 10:329-333. [REPRINT]
Wooding, S., Waits, L. 1995. DNA sequencing as a tool in bear biology. International Bear Association Newsletter 3:2-3.